Learning from… Lagos
Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas and a team of students from The Harvard Project on the City are followed over a 2-year period as they research Lagos, Nigeria in Lagos Wide and Close (Netherlands, 2005), a documentary by Bregtje van der Haak. Lagos is home to an estimated 15 million people whose survival depends on improvisation, networking, and risk-taking. Despite extreme(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
29 March 2007 , 6pm
Learning from… Lagos
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Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas and a team of students from The Harvard Project on the City are followed over a 2-year period as they research Lagos, Nigeria in Lagos Wide and Close (Netherlands, 2005), a documentary by Bregtje van der Haak. Lagos is home to an estimated 15 million people whose survival depends on improvisation, networking, and risk-taking. Despite extreme(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Learning from... Caracas
Venezuelan law allows for an entity called the consejo communal (communal council), which empowers citizens to initiate local development projects through neighbourhood-based elected councils. Dario Azzellini and Oliver Ressler’s film, Comuna under construction (2010), begins with the story of a poor hillside community in Caracas as its inhabitants decide whether they(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
8 May 2014 , 6pm
Learning from... Caracas
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Venezuelan law allows for an entity called the consejo communal (communal council), which empowers citizens to initiate local development projects through neighbourhood-based elected councils. Dario Azzellini and Oliver Ressler’s film, Comuna under construction (2010), begins with the story of a poor hillside community in Caracas as its inhabitants decide whether they(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
drawings, born digital
AP185.S2.001
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This directory contains a large number of subdirectories containing the working files for O/K Apartment. The files appear to have been copied over at intervals during the project. They show the evolution of the projects and changes that occurred over time; however, this means that there are also a large number of duplicates. Each directory represents the work over a particular time period. Within these directories, the files have three major groupings: First, there are a large number of word processing files which document KOL/MACs interactions with the engineers, contractors, and clients. There is also documentation for construction specifications, meeting minutes, and other various notes. Second, there are a number of CAD files, including wireframe drawings, floorplans, and blueprints, which document the evolving design of the O/K Apartment. These are particularly rich in terms of furniture design. Third, there are a large number of still images showing renderings of the apartment; other various architectural drawings are also present, particularly including wireframe drawings and floorplans exported to raster image formats. Most common file formats: Microsoft Word for Macintosh Document, ClarisWorks Word Processor, Microstation CAD Drawing, Tagged Image File Format.
20 September 1994-6 March 1997
Drawings and construction specifications for O/K Apartment
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AP185.S2.001
Description:
This directory contains a large number of subdirectories containing the working files for O/K Apartment. The files appear to have been copied over at intervals during the project. They show the evolution of the projects and changes that occurred over time; however, this means that there are also a large number of duplicates. Each directory represents the work over a particular time period. Within these directories, the files have three major groupings: First, there are a large number of word processing files which document KOL/MACs interactions with the engineers, contractors, and clients. There is also documentation for construction specifications, meeting minutes, and other various notes. Second, there are a number of CAD files, including wireframe drawings, floorplans, and blueprints, which document the evolving design of the O/K Apartment. These are particularly rich in terms of furniture design. Third, there are a large number of still images showing renderings of the apartment; other various architectural drawings are also present, particularly including wireframe drawings and floorplans exported to raster image formats. Most common file formats: Microsoft Word for Macintosh Document, ClarisWorks Word Processor, Microstation CAD Drawing, Tagged Image File Format.
drawings, born digital
20 September 1994-6 March 1997
photographs
PH1979:0162.03:001-032
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This unbound album comprises 32 photographs (incomplete, missing .33, .34, .35 according to List of plates), title pages and a list of plates (as follows): Le Nouvel Opéra de Paris. Statues décoratives Le Nouvel Opéra de Paris. Statues décoratives. Groupes et bas-reliefs par Charles Garnier, architecte, membre de l'Institut D et Cie, Paris, Librairie Générale de l'Architecture et des Travaux Publics, Ducher et Cie Éditeurs, 51, rue des Écoles, 51, 1875 Table des Planches Groupes de la façade principale 1. - La danse - Carpeaux 2. - La Poésie - Jouffroy 3. - Le Drame - Perraud 4. - La Musique - Guillaume 5. - Apollon - Millet 6. - Pégase - Lequesne 7. - Pégase - Lequesne Statues dans le Grand Foyer 8. - L'Imagination - Bourgeois 9. - La Beauté - Soitoux 10. - La Grâce - Loison 11. - La Pensée - Franceschi 12. - La Dignité - Sanzel 13. - L'Indépendance - Varnier 14. - La Fantaisie - Chambard 15. - La Passion - Debut 16. - La Foi - Olliva 17. - L'Élégance - Iselin 18. - La Philosophie - Tournois 19. - La Modération - Gauthier 20. - L'Espérance - Bruyer 21. - La Force - Eude 22. - La Sagesse - Talluet 23. - La Volonté - Janson 24. - La Prudence - Frison 25. - La Tradition - Cambos 26. - La Science - Marcelin 27. - La Modestie - Vilain Dessus de portes de l'avant-foyer 28. - Pavage et Gaz - Cugnot 29. - Plomberie et Taille de pierre - Guitton 30. - Peinture et Fumisterie - Chevalier 31. - Terrasse et Charpente - Delaplanche 32. - Tapisserie et Menuiserie - Vital-Dubray 33. - Maçonnerie et Serrurerie - Barrias 34. - Mosaïque et Mécanique - Mathieu-Meunier 35. - Arc doubleau de la scène - Chabaud
published 1875
Le Nouvel Opéra de Paris. Statues Décoratives. Groupes et Bas-reliefs par Charles Garnier
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PH1979:0162.03:001-032
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This unbound album comprises 32 photographs (incomplete, missing .33, .34, .35 according to List of plates), title pages and a list of plates (as follows): Le Nouvel Opéra de Paris. Statues décoratives Le Nouvel Opéra de Paris. Statues décoratives. Groupes et bas-reliefs par Charles Garnier, architecte, membre de l'Institut D et Cie, Paris, Librairie Générale de l'Architecture et des Travaux Publics, Ducher et Cie Éditeurs, 51, rue des Écoles, 51, 1875 Table des Planches Groupes de la façade principale 1. - La danse - Carpeaux 2. - La Poésie - Jouffroy 3. - Le Drame - Perraud 4. - La Musique - Guillaume 5. - Apollon - Millet 6. - Pégase - Lequesne 7. - Pégase - Lequesne Statues dans le Grand Foyer 8. - L'Imagination - Bourgeois 9. - La Beauté - Soitoux 10. - La Grâce - Loison 11. - La Pensée - Franceschi 12. - La Dignité - Sanzel 13. - L'Indépendance - Varnier 14. - La Fantaisie - Chambard 15. - La Passion - Debut 16. - La Foi - Olliva 17. - L'Élégance - Iselin 18. - La Philosophie - Tournois 19. - La Modération - Gauthier 20. - L'Espérance - Bruyer 21. - La Force - Eude 22. - La Sagesse - Talluet 23. - La Volonté - Janson 24. - La Prudence - Frison 25. - La Tradition - Cambos 26. - La Science - Marcelin 27. - La Modestie - Vilain Dessus de portes de l'avant-foyer 28. - Pavage et Gaz - Cugnot 29. - Plomberie et Taille de pierre - Guitton 30. - Peinture et Fumisterie - Chevalier 31. - Terrasse et Charpente - Delaplanche 32. - Tapisserie et Menuiserie - Vital-Dubray 33. - Maçonnerie et Serrurerie - Barrias 34. - Mosaïque et Mécanique - Mathieu-Meunier 35. - Arc doubleau de la scène - Chabaud
photographs
published 1875
Learning from... Hong Kong
Self-built settlements on the roofs of high-rise buildings have been an integral part of Hong Kong’s history for over half a century. Rooftop structures range from basic shelters for the disadvantaged to intricate multi-storey constructions equipped with the amenities of modern life. Rufina Wu and Stefan Canham use the tools of an architect and a photographer to document(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
3 May 2012 , 7pm
Learning from... Hong Kong
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Self-built settlements on the roofs of high-rise buildings have been an integral part of Hong Kong’s history for over half a century. Rooftop structures range from basic shelters for the disadvantaged to intricate multi-storey constructions equipped with the amenities of modern life. Rufina Wu and Stefan Canham use the tools of an architect and a photographer to document(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Learning from... Cairo
Nasser Rabbat challenges the traditional framing strategies of East vs. West or traditional vs. modern, focusing instead on the dialectical relationship of modernity and history in the making of contemporary Cairo. Shaped by distinct waves of modernity from the colonial Napoleonic invasion of 1789 to the revolution and independence in 1952, the city responded with layers(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
15 September 2011 , 7pm
Learning from... Cairo
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Nasser Rabbat challenges the traditional framing strategies of East vs. West or traditional vs. modern, focusing instead on the dialectical relationship of modernity and history in the making of contemporary Cairo. Shaped by distinct waves of modernity from the colonial Napoleonic invasion of 1789 to the revolution and independence in 1952, the city responded with layers(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Learning from... Saadiyat
Saadiyat Island is a “dreamscape” created by Tourism Development Investment Company just half a kilometer from downtown Abu Dhabi. It is an amalgam of luxury residential areas, 5-star resorts and golf courses crowned by a Cultural District containing a hallucinatory collection of museums designed by five Pritzker Prize winners. Is this the future of private(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
21 August 2014 , 6pm
Learning from... Saadiyat
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Saadiyat Island is a “dreamscape” created by Tourism Development Investment Company just half a kilometer from downtown Abu Dhabi. It is an amalgam of luxury residential areas, 5-star resorts and golf courses crowned by a Cultural District containing a hallucinatory collection of museums designed by five Pritzker Prize winners. Is this the future of private(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
textual records
Portfolio of projects
ARCH270977
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The book is in English. It presents a curriculum and projects by the firm Abalos & Herreros from 1990 to 2006. It includes these projects: - Edificio administrativo por el Ministerio del interior, Madrid (AP164.S1.1990.D3); - Biblioteca Usera, Madrid (AP164.S1.1995.D1); - Centro universitario en Mérida (AP164.S1.1999.D4); - Plaza y torre Woermann, Las Palmas (AP164.S1.2001.D7); - Torres mixtas bioclimáticas en el Humedal de Salburua, Vitoria (AP164.S1.2002.D2); - Sociópolis I y II; Valencia (AP164.S1.2003.D2); - Sagüés, San Sebastián (AP164.S1.2003.D5); - Urbanización del sector La Lastra, León (AP164.S1.2003.D10); - Laboratorios de ciencias moleculares para la Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan (AP164.S1.2003.D13); - Tour TSR, Geneva (AP164.S1.2005.D1); - Dos edificios de oficinas en Aravaca y Valdemarín, Madrid; - 200 viviendas para jóvenes en la Sagrera; - Viviendas en quartier Massena chevaleret, París; - Oru Yves Farge - Terres Neuves: architectural and urban feasibility study, Bègles, Francia; - Health campus, Granada, Spain; - Housing in Perugia, Italy.
circa 2006
Portfolio of projects
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ARCH270977
Description:
The book is in English. It presents a curriculum and projects by the firm Abalos & Herreros from 1990 to 2006. It includes these projects: - Edificio administrativo por el Ministerio del interior, Madrid (AP164.S1.1990.D3); - Biblioteca Usera, Madrid (AP164.S1.1995.D1); - Centro universitario en Mérida (AP164.S1.1999.D4); - Plaza y torre Woermann, Las Palmas (AP164.S1.2001.D7); - Torres mixtas bioclimáticas en el Humedal de Salburua, Vitoria (AP164.S1.2002.D2); - Sociópolis I y II; Valencia (AP164.S1.2003.D2); - Sagüés, San Sebastián (AP164.S1.2003.D5); - Urbanización del sector La Lastra, León (AP164.S1.2003.D10); - Laboratorios de ciencias moleculares para la Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan (AP164.S1.2003.D13); - Tour TSR, Geneva (AP164.S1.2005.D1); - Dos edificios de oficinas en Aravaca y Valdemarín, Madrid; - 200 viviendas para jóvenes en la Sagrera; - Viviendas en quartier Massena chevaleret, París; - Oru Yves Farge - Terres Neuves: architectural and urban feasibility study, Bègles, Francia; - Health campus, Granada, Spain; - Housing in Perugia, Italy.
textual records
circa 2006
Herzog de Meuron: Archaeology of the Mind presents an exhaustive display of materials from the architects’ archive and from related collections. Referencing a natural history, the exhibition includes study models, books, photographs, toys, fossils, Chinese scholars’ rocks, and significant works of contemporary art, all of which have informed the thinking of the Swiss(...)
Main galleries
23 October 2002 to 6 April 2003
Herzog & de Meuron: Archaeology of the Mind
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Herzog de Meuron: Archaeology of the Mind presents an exhaustive display of materials from the architects’ archive and from related collections. Referencing a natural history, the exhibition includes study models, books, photographs, toys, fossils, Chinese scholars’ rocks, and significant works of contemporary art, all of which have informed the thinking of the Swiss(...)
Main galleries
drawings, photographs
DR2012:0011:032
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Ring binder containing drawings, photographs, reprographic copies, stats of architectural, art, and graphic design work, and a watercolour related to Melvin Charney's activities as a student at McGill University, and include the following early projects: - Kitchen details for Mr. and Mrs. A. Zion (1 stat); - Design of vol. 2, no. 2 of YES: A Creative Quarterly (1 copy); - Small weekend house (3 stats); - Curb-service restaurant, for summer use only, on a Laurentian road (2 stat); - Studio-house in the Laurentian mountains (2 stats); - Apartment house to complete an existing pattern of older garden apartments (3 stats); - Community library for the Town of Mount Royal (6 stats); - Motel near the St. Lawrence River (2 stats); - Child centre (3 stats); - Building for the Province of Quebec Architects Association (4 stats); - Cloverdale shopping centre (1 stat); - Morse Jewellers (4 stats); - Steinberg's supermarket, Montreal North; - Reinforced concrete canopy, Molson Stadium (1 sketch, 1 photograph, 1 stat); - Town of Dorval subdivision proposal (1 stat); - Ottawa City Hall, study of lighting of areas in the building (1 stat); - Entrance vestibule, 1552 St. Matthew Street, Montreal (1 stat).
1955-1957
Portfolio for application to the graduate program at Yale University
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DR2012:0011:032
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Ring binder containing drawings, photographs, reprographic copies, stats of architectural, art, and graphic design work, and a watercolour related to Melvin Charney's activities as a student at McGill University, and include the following early projects: - Kitchen details for Mr. and Mrs. A. Zion (1 stat); - Design of vol. 2, no. 2 of YES: A Creative Quarterly (1 copy); - Small weekend house (3 stats); - Curb-service restaurant, for summer use only, on a Laurentian road (2 stat); - Studio-house in the Laurentian mountains (2 stats); - Apartment house to complete an existing pattern of older garden apartments (3 stats); - Community library for the Town of Mount Royal (6 stats); - Motel near the St. Lawrence River (2 stats); - Child centre (3 stats); - Building for the Province of Quebec Architects Association (4 stats); - Cloverdale shopping centre (1 stat); - Morse Jewellers (4 stats); - Steinberg's supermarket, Montreal North; - Reinforced concrete canopy, Molson Stadium (1 sketch, 1 photograph, 1 stat); - Town of Dorval subdivision proposal (1 stat); - Ottawa City Hall, study of lighting of areas in the building (1 stat); - Entrance vestibule, 1552 St. Matthew Street, Montreal (1 stat).
drawings, photographs
1955-1957